The Stranger (Quibi) (2020) s01e05 Episode Script


[PHONE CHIMING]
[PANTING]
[PEBBLES WHINES]
- [SCREAMS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[DISTANT]
WOMAN: Do you have some change?
I just need to get some smokes.
- [PANTING]
[PEBBLES BARKING]
- Thank God.
[DOORBELL CHIMES]
- Hey, uh, Kansas?
- Oh, hey.
Hey.
- Uh, what are you doing here?
You, uh, got another body to toss?
- [LAUGHS]
Um
Um, no.
No, just, um
just getting gas.
- Shit.
Uh, sorry, give me a minute.
I'm, um, I'm practicing
for the qualifying round
of the 2024 Games.
It's the, like, the Olympic Games.
They're doing video games now,
which is cool.
- Oh, that's, yeah, no,
that's-that's cool.
- Two meetings in one night.
Wow, it's like the plotline
of a romantic comedy.
You should write it.
- How do you know that I'm a writer?
- Oh, I-I don't know.
I mean, isn't everyone who comes here?
Or, uh, an actress, but you're
clearly not that, so, uh
I-I Like, you're--
What I meant is, like,
you don't seem like you, like,
care about makeup or-or, uh, you know,
grooming or, um
Not that you have to wear makeup to
to be a, well, a girl, or you could
It's your body, your choice--
you can do whatever you want.
Or, or not, or do no makeup,
which is fine, too.
- You-you, um
you program, right?
You-you do phones?
- Yeah, yeah, uh, I program,
phones, stuff, everything.
Um
- I'm looking for somebody.
The passenger from earlier tonight.
- Uh
the sex doll passenger, uh, why?
[DOORBELL CHIMES]
- He's trying to kill me.
- Hey, man, how's it going?
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
- Hey.
- State-of-the-art system you got there.
When'd Vlad put it in?
- Uh, [CLEARS THROAT]
yeah.
Uh, about last we-- last week-ish?
Yeah, he, uh
Only thing he's ever cracked
his wallet open for.
- [LAUGHS] Yeah, we know.
No free coffees.
[JJ LAUGHS]
Well, if you, um,
if you wanted to, you, uh
Coffeepot's back there.
I won't tell a soul.
- All right, thank you.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
- What, what do you, what do you
what do you mean that
someone's trying to kill you?
What does that mean?
- That.
Literally that.
He pulled a knife on me.
He attacked me.
- Are you se-- are you being serious?
Because if you're being serious,
you should not be talking to me.
You should be talking to them.
They, they, they
- I can't.
I can't, I'm sorry. I ca
He-he killed this woman.
He killed her with a knife
from my apartment.
And-and people saw me
running from the scene.
[SNIFFLES]
And I-I don't know
And I just don't
I don't know anyone.
I don't know anyone
and-and I only know you
because I just moved here
and so I need
I need, I just need you to trust me
- [STAMMERS]
Hey, uh
Thanks, guys.
I appreciate you guys.
You boys in blue.
- We appreciate you.
By the way, man, stay sharp.
There was a knifing down
on Hollywood Boulevard
about a half hour ago.
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
- A knifing, wow. That's scary.
- Yeah.
Something in the air.
Everyone's a little jumpy tonight.
- Mm.
- Good night, ma'am.
- Good night.
[DOORBELL CHIMES]
[DOOR CLOSES]
- Okay, uh
if this is some sort of, like, weird group
prank for YouTube or something,
I'm not, I'm not fucking interested, okay?
- If he finds me
he will kill me.
[DISTANT SIREN WAILING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS]
- What the fuck is that?
- What is that?
- That's, that's my
That's, that's from
That's footage from inside of my house.
That's my security cameras at home.
But it's not, it's not even
attached to this network.
So, why would it?
Why am I?
I'm locked out of my phone.
Why am I locked out of my phone?
Why am I locked out of my phone?
- It's him.
He's here.